Here are some time-honored, tried-and-true principles for recovering from an addiction. To be sure, I didn’t make these up. They are the result of many decades of experiences gathered and learned by millions of people who have taken this journey … Continue reading
Work in the field of addiction medicine long enough, and you’ll eventually come across the Serenity Prayer. It reads, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and … Continue reading
This morning a Facebook friend of mine posted an expression of her bewilderment that her son had a harder time waking up at 6:45 AM this morning to go to school than he had waking up at 5:15 AM over … Continue reading
If you read my 1/4/13 “Thought for the Day,” you may have come away with the mistaken impression that I am some kind of naive nut-job shrink who had no role in the day-to-day work of raising his own children. … Continue reading
Six months ago, I joined the elite club of “50-somethings,” and tomorrow my youngest child will no longer be a teenager. Now that I’m achieving these milestones, I sometimes find myself tempted to embrace some of those sayings that “old … Continue reading
As the politicians in Washington have reminded us in recent days, it’s natural for many of us to put off taking difficult but important steps until we are in a dangerous or desperate situation that forces our hands. But in … Continue reading
By now, it’s become a cliché: we have two ears and only one mouth, which is evidence of a divine intention that we should spend much more time listening than talking. Usually, the idea is that we learn more by … Continue reading
It’s the first day of a new year. Like many people, I slept in this morning (unlike my amazing wife, who was up and cleaning the house at 5AM this morning). Some people, in fact, may be “sleeping it off.” … Continue reading
Contrary to a popular old saying, what you don’t know can hurt you terribly. So I want to dedicate this blog post to providing some “Jewels of Rules” to families of people who have a mental illness. After reading Liza Long’s … Continue reading
In a nation that is divided in many ways – along political party lines, by class, by race, by region – we are united in our feelings of grief, horror and outrage every time we witness the senseless murder of … Continue reading